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Lancaster County school officials will confer with the county election commission today about scheduling the special election to fill the school board seat vacated by James Brooks after his arrest.
“We’ll meet with election officials this week to make sure we know the timelines required by state law,” said Superintendent Gene Moore. “We’ll share this information with the board during its regular meeting next Tuesday night so the board can make an appropriate decision on filling the vacancy.”

If you want to open a bureaucratic can of worms, start asking questions about South Carolina’s voting laws. Even the people who administer them for a living give head-scratching answers.

For example, can you change the address on your voter registration without any documentation that you’ve actually moved? Could you, in this way, switch to another voting district and vote for a candidate without really living in that district?

KERSHAW – Former Gamecocks quarterback Dylan Thompson will lead the 2016 Kershaw Christmas Parade as grand marshal on Sunday.
The parade, with more than 50 entries, starts at 3 p.m. on Hampton Street downtown.
This is a first for Thompson.
“It’s really cool and something I’ve never done before,” Thompson said. “I’m excited. I get to meet some new people, make some new friends and have a good time being around them.”

Stores loaded up on sale merchandise for Friday’s traditional Black Friday crush, and customers reported smooth shopping with manageable lines through much of the day, compared to previous Thanksgiving weekends.

At Lancaster’s Walmart, the checkout lines were relatively short through the morning, but the electronics department had a lot of traffic, and plenty of televisions left from the big sale that started the night before.

Nearly 2,500 people visited downtown Lancaster for Saturday’s Christmas in the City festivities, which included the Artisans Holiday Market, trolley rides, music and pictures with Santa.
“Bringing people together and having a good time downtown gets you in the Christmas spirit,” said Joe Timmons, the city’s events and promotions manager. “That’s the most important thing – to get people in the Christmas spirit.”

Nearly 30 members from the Lancaster, Leaf & Petal and Green Gardeners garden clubs joined together Tuesday morning to decorate the outside of the Historic Courthouse on Main Street. Each member brought a bag of greenery and the group worked to make garland, bows and wreaths.